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Originally Posted by wraggster

Analyst firm Cowen and Company has described EA's MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic as "highly derivative" of World of Warcraft and suggested the game may miss its 2011 release.

"We got hands-on time with the game, and were largely unimpressed," stated Doug Creutz, senior research analyst covering the media and entertainment sector, in the firm's E3 report.

"Despite promises from EA/Bioware that the title represents a major step forward in MMO

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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA games boss says motion controller “grows audience” and makes Mass Effect more accessible
Publisher EA says it added Kinect compatibility to Mass Effect 3 in order to target the large casual gamer demographic.
That’s according to EA Games label president Frank Gibeau, who told Eurogamer he wants Mass Effect 3 to “grow the audience and make it more accessible”.
He said: “We wanted to open up the accessibility without hurting the depth or the quality. Kinect is a

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Online community upset by in-game advantages offered to those who pre-order the game
Though the reward of extra weapons and perks for those who pre-order a game is far from a new phenomenon, EA's decision to do so with Battlefield 3 has seemingly caused some upset.
The game community of link-sharing service Reddit is attempting to set up a boycott for the game.
"As most of you know, EA recently announced an exclusive DLC for pre-ordering BF3," organiser Ramphastid

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